44 Bible Verses about Self Righteousness, And The Gospel

Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to keep his place before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom may he go from us?

May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was angry, burning with wrath against Job, because he seemed to himself more right than God;

Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?

Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.

Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.

Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.

Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God: Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.

Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,

Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.

If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them, and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away prisoners to a land far off or near;

For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.

O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.

They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

O Lord, righteousness is yours, but shame is on us, even to this day; and on the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and on all Israel, those who are near and those who are far off, in all the countries where you have sent them because of the sin which they have done against you.

As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;

Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.

When the right time has come, I will be the judge in righteousness. When the earth and all its people become feeble, I am the support of its pillars. (Selah.) I say to the men of pride, Let your pride be gone: and to the sinners, Let not your horn be lifted up.

This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord.

For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.

Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.

My righteousness is near, it is not far off; salvation will come quickly; and I will make Zion free, and give Israel my glory.

Suddenly will my righteousness come near, and my salvation will be shining out like the light; the sea-lands will be waiting for me, and they will put their hope in my strong arm.

This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth: But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.

For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.

But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:

The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner. I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.

For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.

So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.

For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?

If I have to take credit to myself, I will do so in the things in which I am feeble.

And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.

Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh. But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.

Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.

But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ. Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward, And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: